Overview
- Takaichi said she will dissolve the House of Representatives on January 23 at the opening of the Diet session.
- Voting is scheduled for February 8, with the official campaign period to begin on January 27, according to Kyodo and ruling-party officials.
- She framed the election as a direct judgment on her leadership, saying she is staking her position as prime minister on the result.
- Her campaign platform includes a two-year suspension of the 8% consumption tax on food alongside broader pro-growth spending plans.
- The snap poll will decide all 465 lower-house seats, with the LDP–JIP coalition facing the newly formed Centrist Reform Alliance amid a fragile legislative balance.